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Relationship between left main and left anterior descending arteries bifurcation angle and coronary artery calcium score in chronic kidney disease: A 3-dimensional analysis of coronary computed tomography

BACKGROUND: A high coronary artery calcium score (CACS) predicts a poor prognosis in patients with coronary artery disease. We examined the relationship between the bifurcation angle and the CACS of the left main (LM) and left anterior descending (LAD) arteries in patients suffering from chronic kid...

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Autores principales: Konishi, Takao, Funayama, Naohiro, Yamamoto, Tadashi, Hotta, Daisuke, Tanaka, Shinya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5997324/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29894482
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198566